is it....a pickle??

so, today was the big day. we got up, ate breakfast, dropped some library books off, stopped a shopko to get brian a new swimming suit, and then headed up the interstate toward the dells. through some pretty darn heavy rain, too. we got up to noah's ark without much incident, though. abby had a BLAST, although there were many things that she wasn't sure about. she certainly did not like getting splashed, or at least she didn't like getting splashed by other kids. she was busy busy busy the whole day and was super-tired by the time we left around 4. we did the wave pool, most of the kiddie areas, a tube slide, and the 2 lazy rivers. one of the lazy rivers was actually more of an "adventure river", which didn't go over so well with her. she didn't like the fountains of water that would hit us, and i would have to agree with her. the water pressure was insanely hard, so it couldn't have felt good for her. brian and i were laying on the tube, and she laid on my stomach and buried her face in my neck the whole time we were getting sprayed. meanwhile, i got lots of water up my nose. a typical day at noah's ark for me. you know what else was typical? despite sunscreen, both brian and i got moderate sunburns. don't EVER buy the continuous spray type of sunscreen. way too easy to miss spots, apparently. so, all in all, a successful day. we still have 2 more tickets, so we'll be headed back up there at the end of august, probably.